Fender bracket



Mll-HLWL H. CAIPLAN FENDER BRACI (E'I Filed Dec. 27. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

LME EW H. GAY-LAM FENDER BRACKET Filed Dec. 27, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

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.l'le it lrnown that l, .ll'ltannv CAPLAN,

citizen, oi? the Dominion o'l Canada, and re siding at Detroit, in the county oft Fl ayne can be produced at comparatively low cost,

and which can be attached in place without changing any of the parts of the automobile on which it is to be mounted.

This invention consists in the details oil construction illustrated in the acconnpany-v ing' drawing and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Til the drawing, l is a rear view ot an automobile with the inner ends o-l' a pair of brackets shown attached to the rear cross bar of the vehicle. it is a plan of my improved bracket with one ot the caps removed. Figs. 3 and 4t are sections on the lines 5:l-3 and et-dot 93 with the bracltet caps in position. Fig. 5 a

perspective of a cap plate. 6 is a plan ot a modified :torno o'l bracket. Fig. l is a section on the line l'l' of Fig. 6. Fig. is a plan of a connecting bolt.

llliinilar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several vlews.

The "well lrnown Ford automobile has a rear cross bar '1 just below the rear end ot the body 9;, and this bar is in the :torm ot a charmel with a horizontal web 3 and vertical Flanges l. The Web is formed with holes near its ends which may receive the bolt 5 shown in Figs. 9;, 3 and d. The braclrct is :liornied ot a dot steel bar bent to constitute a triangular outer end having; a cross piece it and sides ll, a central portion consisting oi? the two sides 9 and 1.0 and the inclined ends 1% and 13 which together constitute anopen triangle which forms a part ol the inner head ot the bracket.

Two plates or caps lb constitute portions oil this head, and the npper may be formed with a hole 1'? to receive the bolt 5. These caps have their edges turned in at 1% and lll to hit against the side bar 9 and the ends 1:2 and 13,. .ltttached to these plates are the braces 14' having, ends 15, preferably formed by. bending in parts of the edgesot the plates and welding thorn to the braces l ll hen the caps are mounted on. the in nor ends at the bracket and the head thus produced is mounted on the cross bar, these braces 11d engage the channel bar and the parts 15, ltd and 1.9 engage the bracket. llolts are adapted to hold the plates and the bracket united. The braces 14: may have any desired height, but should be spaced apart when the plates are attached to the bracket and :tranoe bar.

The tender 22 may be of any desired size and term, that shown being attached to the bracket by means of bolts 23. Tts con struction, however, terms no part oi the present invention.

llnstead oi the flat front end 7 of the bracket and the bolts 23, the construction shown in (5. land 8 may be employed. The tender 25 has a turned-bach portion at each end and the end Q7 ot the bracket has a curved central portion 28. A combined clamp and bolt to ,secure the tender to the braclrct may have a'r-entral post 29 to entend between the tender and bracket, a base 30 to lit up against the tender and bracket, and Flanges 32 and to hold the tender and bracket against the central portion 29. A cap Rdhas flanges 35 and 36 whose outline is similar to those of the base and the cap has a hole to receive the threaded stub 37'. it nut 38 on this stud rigidly secures the parts together.

The other details and proportions of the tender bracket shown and described may all be changed without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the following claims.

l clainir l. ll tender bracket consisting of a straight intcn'mediate portion, an outer end adapted to be attached to a tender, an inner triangular end adapted to be attached to the ttranio ot' a vehicle and having one side in the plane oi? said intermediate portion, and triangular caps adapted to be attached to said triangular end and to the frame of the vehicle.

2. ll. tender bracket consisting of two tri angular ends and a bar between them the outer end having a side at substantially right angles to the bar, which side is adaptlid ed to be attached to the tender, and caps attached to the inner end and to the frame bar of the vehicle.

3. A fender bracket consisting of two triangular ends and a bar between them, the outer end having a side at substantially right angles to the bar, which side is adapted to be attached to the fender, and caps attached to the inner end and to the frame bar of the vehicle, the edges of the caps being turned inwardly to brace the inner triangle.

4. A fender bracket consisting of two triangular ends and a bar between them, the outer end having a side at substantially right angles to the bar, which side is adapted to be attached to the tender, and caps attached to the inner end and to the frame bar of the vehicle, the edges of the caps being turned inwardly to brace the sides of the inner end, braces being attached to the inner sides of the caps to brace the inner end and position the bracket on the frame bar of the vehicle.

5. A fender bracket consisting of a flat to the opposed edges of the parts of the bar constituting the inner end, the outer side of the outer end being concave, a fiat fender member lying against said outer side, a fastening device to secure the fender to the bracket comprising a central post, flanged members at the ends thereof to rigidly secure the bracket, post and fender together, and means to force said flanged men'lbers toward each other.

. HARRY CAPLAN. 

